No one in the comments mentions complexity. The complexity of the interactions you described is orders of magnitude anything software in, say, the 80s had to d

No one in the comments mentions complexity. The complexity of the interactions you described is orders of magnitude anything software in, say, the 80s had to deal with. Just imagine how many technologies you are using to display photos from "somewhere in the cloud" into your TV. Now we can discuss how much is essential and accidental complexity, what alternatives are there, and whether the tradeoffs are worth it.